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Title Engaging the diaspora : migration and African families / edited by Pauline Ada Uwakweh, Jerono P. Rotich, and Comfort O. Okpala.

Publication Info. Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Africana experience and critical leadership studies
Africana experience and critical leadership studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents African immigrant family in the diaspora : intersecting forces. Introduction : (re)configuring African migration since the last years : issues, concepts, and contexts / Pauline Ada Uwakweh -- Negotiating marriage and motherhood : a critical perspective on the immigration narratives of Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Adichie / Pauline Ada Uwakweh -- Who is the parent and who is the kid? : the changing face of parenting for African parents in the diaspora / Ifeyinwa Mbakogu -- Migrant African children remembering war : memoirs and stereotypes / Joya Uraizee -- Algerian diaspora in the United States : dynamics of language : "hdar bil-arbiya! ma' tqulsh pen! qu'l stylo!!" (speak in Arabic! don't say pen! say stylo!!) / Khadidja Arfi -- Physical activity and recreation lifestyle in transition : a study of African immigrant and refugee youth / Jerono P. Rotich. Adapting the diaspora : perspectives on African immigrant employment and spirituality. A phenomenological study of African-born professors in higher education : a focus on historically black colleges and universities / Comfort O. Okpala and Amon O. Okpala -- "Diamonds on the soles of their shoes" : experiences of African-born educators in U.S. predominantly-white colleges / Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers -- Golden ticket : adjustment of African diversity visa lottery winners in America / Michael Kremer -- Role of cultural associations : national and ethnic in Africa and diaspora / Iheanyi N. Osondu -- Fusing faith and place : an examination of localized civic engagement in African immigrant churches / Amy Duffuor.
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Subject African diaspora.
African diaspora.
Africa -- Emigration and immigration.
Africa.
Emigration and immigration.
Africans -- United States -- Social conditions.
Africans.
United States.
Social conditions.
Africans -- Europe -- Social conditions.
Europe.
Immigrants -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- Social conditions.
Immigrant families -- Social conditions.
Immigrant families.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Uwakweh, Pauline Ada, author, editor.
Rotich, Jerono P., author, editor.
Okpala, Comfort O., author, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Engaging the diaspora 9780739179734 (DLC) 2013030949 (OCoLC)852830013
ISBN 0739179748 (electronic book)
9780739179741 (electronic book)
9780739179734
073917973X